Washing-machine



(No Model.)

`J. L. LE BEAU.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 450,464. PatentedApr. 14, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH L. LE BEAU, OF TIP'ION, INDIANA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 450,464, dated April14, 1891. Application tiled August 9. 1890. Serial No. 361.5559. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH L. LE BEAU, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tipton, in the county of Tipton and State of Indiana, haveinvented a new and useful Vashing-Machine, of which the following is aspeciication.

My invention relates to an improvement in that class of washing-machineswhich consist of a barrel or hollow cylinder mounted in bearings onasuitable baseframe, so as to revolve in a vertical plane.

The object of my improvement is to counteractthe tendency of thematerial washed to cling to the inner periphery of the cylinder, and tothereby produce au effective rubbing action on said material withoutundue wear` thereof.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l represents a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 represents atransverse section.

A is a wooden cylinder having in its periphery a door B, and having onits interior periphery longitudinal ribs or rubbing-strips C, and on oneinterior end a series of radial rubbing-strips D. Cylinder A is mountedso as to revolve in a vertical plane on a supporting-frame E by means ofa short shaft F, rigidly securedcentrally' to the exterior of that endof the cylinder having the rubbing-strips D and resting in a suitablebearing on the frame, and a shaft H, which rests in a bearing I on theframe and projects into the other end of the cylinderthrough abearingJ,which also forms a bevel gear-wheel and is secured to the cylinder, thearrangement being such that shaft'F turns with the cylinder, While thecylinder turns upon shaft H.

It is well known that in this class of washing-machines there is atendency, increasing with the increased speed of the revolvingrcylinder, for the clothing to cling to the inner periphery o f thecylinder and to rotate therewith. culty, and therebyinsuring a gentlerubbing For the purpose of avoiding this difIi- 4.5

action on the clothing or other material to be the head of the cylinder,a disk K of nearly the same diameter as the interior of the cylinder,and provided on its inner face with radial rubbing strips or ribs D',like those on the oppositev end of the cylinder. A bevel gear-wheel L isalso secured to the shaft H, so as to turn therewith, and gear-Wheels Land J are connected by an intermediate bevel gear-wheel N, thearrangement being such that by the turning of shaft H the cylinder A anddisk K are rotated in opposite directions. Shaft H is turned by means ofa crank O, secured thereto.

In operation cylinder A is about half lled with suds and clothing, andshaft H having been put in motion the clothing is drawn forward andupward by its adherence to the cylinder and backward and downward by theoppositely-lnoving disk K, thus giving it a rubbing movement over thestrips or ribs C and D.

I claim as my invention- In a washing-machine, the combination of thebase-frame, the cylinder A, having the series of interior longitudinalribs C and radial ribs D, the iiXed shaft F, and loose shaft H, arrangedto support the cylinder on the base-frame, the disk secured to shaft HWithin t-he cylinder and having on its inner face a series of radialribs, bevel gear-Wheel J, secured to the cylinder, bevel gear-Wheel L,secured to shaft H, and the intermediate bevel gear-Wheel N, allarranged to co-operate substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH L. LE BEAU.

Witnesses:

Guo. LE BEAU, ADAM DITTLINGEE.

